Denis Neilson

Professor Emeritus

Denis Neilson dedicated over thirty years
at the University of San Francisco excelling in both academic and leadership
positions. He began his tenure as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and
later became both the Director of the EMBA Program and the faculty coordinator
as the Director of the MBA Program. Embodying the University’s mission of
leadership and commitment to academic excellence, his continuous influential
guidance was recognized by fellow faculty and staff members. Dr. Neilson
received numerous prestigious awards including the University’s Full Time
Faculty Teaching Award and the Mary Smith Colleague of the Year Award. Over the
course of his career, his exceptional service was doubly acknowledged and as a
result, he was a two time recipient of the MBAE, EMBA, and PMBA Teaching Award
and the Service Award. Dr.
Neilson’s longstanding involvement in higher education has made him an
essential member of the USF faculty.

A
devoted professor, Dr. Neilson has taught throughout the greater San Francisco
Bay Area at UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, and California State
University, East Bay in the field of accounting. His research focuses on costing systems,
accounting control systems, and internal transfer pricing systems. Early in his
career, Dr. Neilson became a pioneer in accounting education by incorporating
the use of computers into the study. He published Interacting Computerized Accounting Problem Set which highlights
the advantages of data input programing.
As an advocate for innovation and engaged learning, Dr. Nielson
challenged his students by helping them understand the value of technology so
that they may be equipped to achieve their future accomplishments.

Education

Ph.D., Accounting/Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1974M.B.A., Accounting, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1964B.C.A., Accounting, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia, 1961